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7th/8th: Week of August 31, 2026

Epsilon Newsletter Math: Both classes finished their first units this week. The 7th graders practiced multiplying and dividing rational numbers, then studied for their check-in. Their check-in will be sent home next week. The Algebra students reviewed for their check-in by playing Gone Fishin, playing a partner dice game, and completing a solve and color. Their check-in was on Wednesday and have been sent home in their P&P folders. Thursday they started the relations and functions unit. Humanities: This week, students continued reading Esther Forbes’ Johnny Tremain, diving into Chapters 4 and 5 and discussing characters, conflicts, and the growing […]

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Middle school boy raises arms at nonreligious school.

5th/6th: Week of August 31, 2026

General News P&P this week ELA: Math: Theme: Reading/Writing Update This week, we took everything we learned about the Dust Bowl and Great Depression and turned it into fiction! Before writing, we brainstormed setting, timing, weather, characters, conflict, and plot to help build believable stories about this challenging period in American history. We also started settling into the rhythm of ELA class where sometimes we’re taking in lots of new information and having big discussions, and other times the music is on, the room is quiet, and we get to simply settle into a creative flow. It was a fun

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Middle schoolers work together at private school in Austin.

3rd/4th: Week of August 31, 2026

Gamma Newsletter 2026-2027 Gammas are settling into the school year and continuing to show us what an amazing group they are! This week, we had our first fire drill and practiced staying calm and responsible. We also took our first trip to the library, where students had the opportunity to learn how to check out “Just Right” books. HUGE thank you for your generosity and thoughtfulness in helping us celebrate our teacher birthdays! We hope you make the most of the long weekend and we look forward to seeing you Tuesday at Parent Support Night. Math Gamma Ones continued building

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Elementary students work together at school with experiential learning.

2nd: Week of August 31, 2026

An epic battle of ultimate rock paper scissors! Happy Birthday Atlas, Ace and Burton!!!! Thank you for the delicious treats, Beta adores you! In ELA with Ms Andrea… we got through the entire writing process for the first time!! This week’s close reading was on landforms. First, we read it: in whisper, chorally, and in partners.Then we determined the main idea of the informational text when we wrote our gist. Next, we picked apart a prompt to think more deeply about what we had read. This week we even got to use highlighters to highlight important facts & “power words”

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Elementary students hold large paper at micro school.

K/1st: Week of August 31, 2026

This Week in Alpha First time we shared our P&P this year! This Week in Alpha… What a week! Quarter 1 is all about “firsts,” and we had a load of them this week: Peter has traveled 6 times around the Sun… Ms. Ruth(AKA “Elio’s Mama”) read to us and helped us check out our first book selections from the library! Our Library Day is Thursday, so please return your books to class by next Thursday so we can check another out! In Language Arts, while Alphas know that letters make particular sounds, they learned this week that we can

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Kindergarten students write their names at half day program in Austin